The clarion., 1887-10-12
THE STATE

tomorrow. = 70 begin
The total receipts of cotton o.c
1916 bales. N-''071 reaches
-.Si North Mississippi viii be very l,,,5
Memphis on Friday and Satp-5y l5SesPuou in
The solemn dedication of tbsc.nr
church of Saint Francis Of SsIe.ole GI,A'nole
take place in Aberdeen, tomorroeS' rs vii
Magnolia has Society for n. D
vention OF Cruelty to Bachelors > ' l.. re-
said to be IN tOurishing condifio, 1t Is
The circuit court is in session :
usko. The civil docket ha. h.. - IN. A'Scl.
OF, and the criminal docket was ,st sitsposed
yesterday. 'AAsn up
The races and fair at Water vsu.u
last week came quite up to .he eyna..' Icy
tlons OF the managers, and provs5 "a
successful. F''eu very
The directors and committees - -
Patrons Uunion Association will VI. 'le
at Centreville, Newton county. on Ne Me-
day, oath inst. - non
The citizens of Magnolia b.v.
tributed about one thousand an con
be used in the erection of a scbooi b,'s bS.y %
ing in that town. '"''u'
The Winona Female College md.
the presidency of Rev. Dr.. Zs8lev --sI
become one of the most popular anS
prosperous schools in the State. lN
Mrs. J. NJ. Bracey, formerly NJ.
Josie johnson, daughter of the late n.
ii. +. johnson, died in North Carol,a
recently, of consumption.
The citizens of Greenyille are a.,
tempting to raise $4,000 to be spent !,
| protecting the river bank in front .
he city and prevent its caving into the
river.
Mr.. Lee Harper, of Wesson, was mar.
lied to Miss Eva trantz, of Brandon /,
| The Presbyterian church at Brandon ~
the 9th day of October, by the Rev. Dr.
Kerr.
The staunch old Natchez D,mo.r,t
celebrated its twenty-second birtbdsv
asst Saturday. MAY it live to enc,
many more under its present manage
Dent.
Pinkney Hester, living near AiiIIyfe
vas killed last Saturday evening in his
itld, while pulling corn, by some one
hidden in ambush. Nocause is assigned
Tor the deed.
A wildcat killed in Clay county. Miss
one day recently, by J. y. Cogdell
m assured from the end of its mousJache
to he tin of i'S tail. 5 feet and ] inches
and weighed 80 pounds
Miss Nellie and Miss Corrinne White.
/ e
ando, Miss, passed through Washing
ON last week, TO take the steamer al
New York for Europe,
Mr.. r. s Moore, of Corinne, near
Enterprise, lost four fingers of his right
land, last week, by having his hand
erked across the saws of gln which he
vas feeding at the time
Miss Sarah Erwin, daughter of Mrs.
+. 4. Erwin, president of the State
"omen's Christian Temperance Union.
was married at Columbus, on the 9TH
inst, to Mr.. j. I. Armstrong.
Miss Annie Dowd, of Aberdeen, left
.er home last week to 90 as missionary
Japan. She is sent by the Ladies
Missionary Society of the First Presbv-
celian church, Nashville, Tenn.
| Mrs. I. f. Pettus and daughters
Misses Bessie and Madge boarded the
ram at Newton, on the LIST inst, bound
or Ningpo, China, to Join Mai Pettus.
tho is u. ;. Consul at that point.
The Natchez Ice Factory stopped lis
lachinery and closed for the season last
week, having sufficient stock on hand
0 last until next spring. Its summer
smpaign has been very successful
one.
The house of j. S Acuf, in Warren
ounty, was burned last week. He is
old man over 20 years of age, had no
insurance, and is left destitute by the
ire. He has appealed to his friends for
aid.
The town of Centreville has an In
'rovement Society, the object of which
1.-The advancement of their neighbOr
Iood in everything that concerns the
Jeautiful and useful as regards their
own, their homes and themselves"
Miss Lizzie Kearney, who left Vicks-
'urg some months ago for Baltimore,
md is now keeping books for large
nusic firm, has secured position in the
Treasury Department at Washington
md will enter the Government service
n Dec lst.
The Noxubee county fair will open on
he 25th and continue four DAYS. Gov
rnor Robert Taylor, of Tennessee, will
oliver the opening address and there
| will be an immense crowd. The fair
is expected to be the finest ever held in
this State.
News reached Yazoo City Saturday Of
IN unfortunate difficulty in the eastern
| portion of the county last week, be
ween John King and w. b Helm, in
which the latter was shot and supposed
70 be mortally wounded and the other
dangerously wounded.
catamaran, with paddle wheels.
similar In form to crafts Of that kind
~ the little lake in the public garden
| u Boston, is now being constructed for
ne amusement of the young lady
-tudents at Pass Christian Institute and
'ttract a great deal of attention.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs W
b. Armstrong, of Kilmichael, near
Wlnona, was drowned last week in 8
Iucket Of water, which had accidentally
been left near the bed and into which
he child fell, during its parents absence
from the room.
1ombeckbee Presbytery closed a very
Interesting session at Enterprise. last
seek. There were about twenty-five
ielegates present, composed of minis
sers aud elders. Two new features
characterized the session-one was the
election of an elder as moderator, ard
ne other the licensing Of a colored man
to preach.
Prof. A. A Kineannon and his asso-
;lates in the Whitfield Graded and In
iustrial School at Meridian, have issued
prospectus for "The Mississippi
Teacher" to be published monthly.
such journal is greatly needed, and
Fe have no doubt will be generously
Imported by the profession whose in
crest 1t is designed to subserye.
Rev. Wa. Murrah, for more than
sixty years a minister of the gospel,
lied near Columbus on Sunday last. He
has held many high positions in the
Methodist church, and at one time
acked only four votes of being elected
a bishop. His son, Rev. VIM. H.
Mdrrah, is professor at Whitwortb
Female College, at Brookhaven.
A little five-year old son of Mr.. T. d.
Croft, who lives near Bevill's Hill in
Winston county, was smothered to death
in a pile of seed cotton one day last
week. He and several other children
had been playing in the cotton and had
dug hole in it. The other children
had gone away and left him playing, and
when they returned he had fallen head
foremost in the hole they had dug and
the cotton had fallen in on him and
smothered him to death.
Mr.. Chas. A. Dean, drummer from
Cincinnati. arrived In Xickshurg re-